Mounting for rapid-fire guns and the like.



0. F. PERRY & 0. F. PERRY, JR. MOUNTING FOR RAPID FIRE GUNS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATIUN FlLED AUG.9| BIB. 1,273,178. Patented July 23,1918.

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O. F. PERRY & O. F. PERRY, JR. MOUNTING FOR RAPID FIRE GUNS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9. 1916f 1,273,178. Patented July 23, 1918.

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"W i i nhh J? j I III UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ORIN F. PERRY A-N D GRIN F. PERRY,- JR., OF YORK, N. Y.

i zf'taitsi To all whom it may comm- Be it known that We, 0R1): F. PERRY and ORIN F. PER-RY, J r:, citizens of the United States, residing-at 96 Riverside Drive; New York city, N.- Y., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in hfl'ountings for Rapid-F ire Guns and the 1-ik'e,ef which the following is a" clear, full, and exact descrip tion.

This invention relates to improvement in adjustable mountings for supportingrapid fire guns, field telescopes, and other similar 11'1strun1ents, upon the ordinary mo tor-cycle or bicycle. The object of the invention is to improve such mountings for making the same both secure and quickly detachable and easily adjustable by the rider at all times;

In our preferred embodiment, We have shown the mounting as adapted for supporting a rapid fire gun upon a motor-cycle.

A further object is to provide mounting for the gun Which Will be light and coin pact, not interfering with the operation of the" motor-cycle by the rider thereof,- and which Will furnish a solid, rigid base for holding the gun in position for firing.

The" present improvement is designed to' enable one man to both operate the motoi= cycle and also to use the gun when required, thus avoiding the necessity of carrying the gun With one or two extra passengers in a side car which has heretofore been the prac tice; It is contemplated th-at the best re-' sults in the use of this gun will be obtained when the motor-cycle is a stationary rather than in motion, and While stationary the machine Will be supported in upright position either by the legs of the ri'der'or by the usual fixed stand common to such motor-cycles;

The mounting of the gu-nis'so arrangedthat it may be easily operated and adjusted Without the rider leaving his seat.

Further objedtsand advantages of the im-" provement Will become apparent from the following specification and accompanying drawings; Which show the preferred embodiment of our invention and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of themotor-eycle" and gun mounted thereon;

Fig; 2 is a detail section through a foot rest of the F ig.- 1;

motor-cycle along line 2"'2 of Specificatioxi of Letters Fatent. Patented ul y Appiicaam filed August 1916.- seems.

Fig; 3 is asectiontakenthrough the gun supporting frame along line 3 of Fig. 1 looking dOWiiWaidly Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a poftioi'i of the frame shown in Fig.-3-';

Fig. 5 is a section taken aloagnne of'Fig. 3; y

F ig. 6 is a section taken along line 66 of Fig. 5; showing the Wor'ni drivefor the verticallyadjustedstein; v

Fig. 7 is an emergeddetailof a leveroperated clamping device for holdiiig' the gun bracket in difiereiit a-n-gula-t elevations;

Fig. 8 is a; section taken along liiie S8 of Fig. 6 showing another side or the wormdrive;

Fig. 9 is a modification of a elaihpiiig device fol securingboth' horizontal aiid saga lar adjustments of said gun bracket; aifid Fig; 10 is a detail of the giin holding clam Referring more pavement to the dial-W'e ings, 1 indicates the frame of a twoii he'el motor c'ycle, having a front Wheel 2 audit rear Wheel 3 and motor mounted Wit-Hill the frame; The frame I has the usual steer in}; head 5 at the frontpart thereof, a'iid seat;

support 6 for the saddle 7 upon which the the usual construction and need not be more s ecifically described.

The supporting franrie or n iouiiting is atta'chedt o the niotor cycle fo'f supporting rapid fire gun such a'sflll; so that said gun maybe easily adjuste'd for' aiming aiid rapidly" manipulated for firing by the 1"ide1 of the machine When in position upoiithe saddle 7. The gun should be' so r'no'uiit'ed that the Handle stock 12' and trig er is with:

in "conveni'e1 1t reach of the hands of the rider, and fof more convenient manipulation a spade grip such as 145 may be protitled rather than the usual shoulder stoek The eonst-riictioii'of the mounting porting the gun is as follows: its upper w in Fig. Thefour vertical legsor struts are reinforced below said upper member inafter described. In addition toithefour.

horizontal member 15 has four downwardly extending vertical struts, two at each side of the machine such as 16 and 17 shown in Fig. 1, which struts are connected at their upper ends to the member 15 and their lower ends to the foot rests such as 10. The forward strutldfor instance, is connected at its upper end at 29 to the member 15 and at its lower end at 18 to the foot rest 10. The rear strut such as 17 is connected at its upper end at 21 to the member 15, and at its lower end to the rear end of foot rest 10 at 19. The detail of, the connection 19. is shown by a lower member orbrace' 25 which also non-rotatably supports a tubular socket 26 for the gun supporting stem, as-will be herevertical struts there is. provided a recoil strut 22 connected at its forward end at 28 to the brace frame '25 andextending' in a shown in Fig.

slightly inclined direction .doi vnwardlyg to- :f ward the rear where it is fastened to, the bicycle frame at'24. The recoil strut 22 serves to. bracefthe gun 11 against any backward movement during both the firing and dur- 'ing the travel of the machine,

in other words, receives at all times any rearward thrust imparted by said fire-arm and its frame.

r Referring more particularly to Figs. 3 and 9 incluslve, we will'now describe the ;means for adjusting and almlng the gun.

Themember 15 has centrally therein a vertically. disposed tubular socket 26, which, re

ceivesa vertical stem 27 which is swivelly mounted in said socket andthereforeadapted to turn on its vertical axis. Pivoted at 28 upon the upper part of the stem,-27 is the gun bracket 29 which swings on the p1vot28jon a horizontal axis to allow the gun tobe adjusted atdifierent'angular elevations; The gun is detachably secured to the bracket 2 9,.by lateral .pins 100 on said gun, which engage slots 101 in saidbracket and by a clamping device 102 shown indetail in Fig. "10. The swivele'd stem 27 is;

further provided with circular rack teeth 30 engaged by an operating pinion-31, which;

pinion is mounted in suitable ,bearings82 in a casing on men1ber 15.. It.wi1l' there fore be understood that .therackteeth ofstem 27 areoperable by the pinion 31 at all r collar 38 is provided by splitting the upper portion of the tubular socket (see Figs. 3 aud t) which collar encircles said stem 27 and is locked about the stem 27 by a cam lever 89. When this lever 39' is thrown down from-the position shown in Fig. 4, the

stem 27 is free to be turned on its vertical axis to swing the gunll into any horizontal position. When the lever 39 is thrown to the position shown in Fig. 4, the-collar-i38 securelyclamps-thestem 27 and holds it fast in its adjusted position. In a similar mannerthe gun bIZLCkGtgQQ isgclampe'd :in varia ous adjusted positions onits pivot 28. 2As 7, thejbracket '29 is received between separated bearing faces 40 andi ll' oftheistem 27:1; The pivot, shaft28 has 'a head 4:2at one, sidethereof and head 43 at the) other. side thereof, and a. cam @lever 1 i cooperating with came?) on the bearing face 10 is adapted to lock said bearing faces, ll and 4,0, secur ly against the bracket 29.

For instance, when lever 4% is in theposition 5 shown in Fig. 7, bracket 29rwould be loose enough to adjust, but whenthe lever Ana is operated to swing the high sidezof its cam against the high side of thegcoiiperating cam &5, the two bearing, faces 40. and ,-l1 will be securel clamped againstbracket 29. Int e modification shown in Fig. 9 the vertical stem 27 having a squared'cross secsection, is employed in place of the cylindrical stem 27 so as not to turn initssocket.

It is understood'thatthis, vertical 'ster'n27.

has the usual rack teeth at one side thereof for engaging a pinion similar to 31. The upper end of stem27' is spherically shaped as at 50, upon which spherical end is supe ported a split cup 51 having lugs .52 and 53,- through which passes clamping. bolt 55. IA

7 cam lever 56 pi-voted'from one endof said bolt. 55, ;co6perates,with a. oam.57 on lug53 to 'closesaid lugs 52 and-53 togetherand thus clamp the cup; 57 upon thespherical head 50. I The cup 57, has fixed thereto the gunsupportingibracket -29fesimilanto 29. It is understood that when lever :56 is in: one po-5 portionsof its periphery so thatsai'dfstemj may be elevated and lowered in anyposition into which itgmay :happen tobe turned. Pinionfil is integrally mounted-with small.

. worm wheel 34 (see Figs. 6 'an d 8;), which worm wheel is operated in turn by the worm Ba on shaft 36rotatedby the hand crank .37.

g rthefivertical stem 27 in'any oflitfs vertical adjustments. In order to 'securestem- 27 65 in different swiveled positions, a'blamping This form of worm drive tends .to maintain sition, the cup 57 is loose upon the spherical head 50 andQthat .theibracket 29f Imay there fore .be adjusted to. any angulariposition whatsoever, both horizontally and vertically.

When the adjustment is obtained th'e lever J r 56 maybe .thrownfitosecurely clamp cup 57 uponthe s pherical. head50 and thus hold the gun bracket in its jadj'ustedposition'. It will be noted that in this modification alsingle hand-operated;clamping"lever suchz'as 56' may be, manipulated to give as much adjust-g ment for the gun: mounting. as the operation of two. separate :claniping levers1 39 and 44 of the first gmodificationjff In the operation ofethisimpro'ved lire-arm i mounting, the motor-cycleis first brought to' rest; as abovel stated; :the rider remaining astraddle of the machine and either support ing itginupright position with his; legsor throwing down the rest frame 9 at the rear to provide a further support. In this position the rider ha-sthe gun directly in front of him and if necessary elevates it to the proper position by turning crank 37. Then if necessary to swin the nnhorizontally, clamp lever 39 is loosene and the gun is swung around. If a further angular adjust mentisrequired, clamp leveritet isoperated to loosen its clamp, whereupon the gun'may be swung up and down to different angular positions. It may be desirable to operate the gun with these clamps all in loosened position so that the gun can be rapidly turned from side to side and up and down, but if desirable any one of the adjustments may be clamped in position for more steady firing in one direction.

It will be observed that with this improvement we have provided a very mobile firing unit which may be rapidly shifted from place to place and which may be easily aimed and fired at all times either while the motor-cycle is stationary or in motion, with the least amount of attendance and trouble.

It is obvious that the improvement is susceptible of wide variations in detail, and we wish it to be understood that the scope of our invention is not to be limited to the particular embodiment shown, which is merely preferred for illustrative purposes.

lVhat we claim as new is 1. The combination with a two wheel cycle having a foot-rest at each sidc thereof, of a mounting, carried by said footrests, for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like.

2. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, having a. foot-rest fixed at each side thereof, of a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like, comprising vertical struts mounted on the foot-rests of said cycle.

3. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, having a foot-rest fixed at each side thereof, of a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like, comprising a pair of front and rear vertical struts at each side of said cycle frame, said front struts connected to the forward portions of said foot rests and said rear struts connected to the rear port-ions of said foot-rests.

4;. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, comprising a frame having a steering head at the front part thereof, and a seat support at the rear part thereof, and footrests at each side of the lower portion thereof, of a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like, located adjacent the head thereof, comprising vertical struts C011 nected with the foot-rests of said cycle, and a rearwardly inclined recoil brace connected with said cycle frame adjacent the seat support.

5;. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, comprising a frame haying a stcering head at the front, part thereof, and a seat support at; the rear part thereof, and footrests at eachside of" the lower portion-there of, of-a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun; or the like, located adjacent the head of said frame, comprising vertical struts connected with the foot-rests of said cycle, andua rearwardlyinclined recoil=brace connected with said cycle frame adjacent the seat support, a vertical stem swivelly carried in said mounting, a bracket attached to said gun and pivotally mounted on said stem for swinging on a horizontal axis, said vertical stem having circular rack teeth thereon, an operating pinion for engaging said rack teeth, and a worm drive comprising a-hand crank for operating said pinion.

6. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, comprising a frame having a steering head at the front part thereof, and a seat support at the rear part thereof, and footrests at each side of the lower portion there of, of a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like located adjacent the head thereof, comprising vertical struts connected with the foot-rests of said cycle, and a rearwardly inclined recoil brace connected with said cycle frame adjacent the seat support, a vertical stem swivelly carried in said mounting, a lever operated clamping device for holding said vertical stem in different adjustments, a bracket attached to said gun and pivotally mounted on said stem for swinging on a horizontal axis, a lever operated clamping device for holding said bracket in different angular positions, said vertical stem having circular rack teeth thereon, an operating pinion mounted for engaging said rack teeth, and a worm drive comprising a hand crank for operating said pimon.

7. The combination with a two-wheel cycle, comprising a frame having a steering head at the front part thereof and a seat support at the rear part thereof, and footrests at each side of the lower portion thereof, of a mounting for supporting a rapid fire gun or the like and located adjacent the head thereof, comprising upper and lower horizontal members and four vertical struts extending downwardly therefrom and con nected with the foot rests of said cycle, a rearwardly inclined recoil brace connected with said cycle frame adjacent the seat support, a tubular bearing socket supported between the upper and lower members of said mounting, a vertical stem swivelly mounted in said socket bearing, a lever operated clamping device for holding said vertical stem in different adjustments, a bracket attached to said gun and pivotally mounted on said stem for swinging on a horizontal axis, a lever operated clamping device for a worm drive comprising a hand crank for holding said bracket in different angular 190- Signed at New York city this '28" day of sitions, said vertical stein having circular Ji'11y,19l6.

rack teeth thereon, an operating pinion V GRIN PERRY mounted for engaging said rack teeth, and ORIN JR operating said pinion, and a casing in'clos Vitnesses: ing said operating pinion and said Worm BEATRICE MiRvis,

drive. 7 i C. CLARK;

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